Crude Bombs

A Molotov cocktail is a crude bomb, typically consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that is ignited before throwing.

A nine-year-old boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas on Sunday. The BJP, which is in the opposition, and the ruling Trinamool Congress have accused each other of stockpiling explosives.

Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.

Violence, which has been part of this year's panchayat elections in West Bengal since before they were announced, continued to mar the process even on counting day today.

Two children were injured in a blast in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday which happened when they picked up a crude bomb from the roadside mistaking it to be a ball, officials said.

One person was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion allegedly during the manufacture of crude bombs in rural polls-bound West Bengal, police said on Monday.

A large cache of illegal weapons was recovered from a house here on the tip-off of an active aide of late mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's gang, police said on Monday.

A crude bomb was hurled in a bylane near the residence of one of the lawyers of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad on Tuesday, police said.

A BJP worker in Puducherry was allegedly hacked to death at a bakery shop in neighbouring Villianoor, police said on Monday.

A masked man threw two crude bombs on a government university campus in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur. The incident was captured on CCTV camera.

Two explosive devices targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece on Friday, one of which went off causing no injuries, Greek police said.

A crude bomb went off at a Trinamool Congress leader's house in Basirhat district of West Bengal, triggering panic in the area.

A nine-year-old girl died in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday.

Four persons were arrested in connection with a bomb blast in a school in Titagarh area in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district, a senior police officer said Sunday.

A crude bomb exploded on the roof of a school building in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday when classes were in progress, a senior police official said.

A Molotov cocktail is a crude bomb, typically consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that is ignited before throwing.

A nine-year-old boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas on Sunday. The BJP, which is in the opposition, and the ruling Trinamool Congress have accused each other of stockpiling explosives.

Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.

Violence, which has been part of this year's panchayat elections in West Bengal since before they were announced, continued to mar the process even on counting day today.

Two children were injured in a blast in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday which happened when they picked up a crude bomb from the roadside mistaking it to be a ball, officials said.

One person was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion allegedly during the manufacture of crude bombs in rural polls-bound West Bengal, police said on Monday.

A large cache of illegal weapons was recovered from a house here on the tip-off of an active aide of late mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's gang, police said on Monday.

A crude bomb was hurled in a bylane near the residence of one of the lawyers of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad on Tuesday, police said.

A BJP worker in Puducherry was allegedly hacked to death at a bakery shop in neighbouring Villianoor, police said on Monday.

A masked man threw two crude bombs on a government university campus in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur. The incident was captured on CCTV camera.

Two explosive devices targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece on Friday, one of which went off causing no injuries, Greek police said.

A crude bomb went off at a Trinamool Congress leader's house in Basirhat district of West Bengal, triggering panic in the area.

A nine-year-old girl died in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday.

Four persons were arrested in connection with a bomb blast in a school in Titagarh area in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district, a senior police officer said Sunday.

A crude bomb exploded on the roof of a school building in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday when classes were in progress, a senior police official said.